Report of Bacteriological Investigation of Tetanus carried out on behalf of the War Office Committee for the Study of Tetanus

Abstract

In a paper published in the Journal of the R.A.M.C., December 1917, it was demonstrated, that B. tetani was susceptible of classification by serological methods into at least three “Types.” Since the publication of that paper, a fourth Type has been encountered; but, so far, it has been demonstrated only in five instances—four being from cases of declared tetanus which were not, however, fatal.